How is this for a ringing endorsement of the economy . The economy continued to expand across most regions from mid february through the end of march. Demand for manufactured products , we can act weakening activity and the harsh winter weather. Not anything we did not know. Speaking oil prices, investment in oil and gas drilling declined. Laos related to the decline in oil and gas prices recorded this reported in multiple districts. Despite the decline in permits into new investment, overall production in the oil and gas sector remains strong to increasing. A majority of districts report higher retail sales. They cite consumer savings from Lower Energy Prices as helping to boost transactions. This is still a mixed picture. A number of districts including boston, minneapolis, San Francisco recording higher retail sales. Business service firms, some good news. Rising activity. They expect positive nearterm growth in that. As for the labor market the feds question should they raise rates
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Make contact without causing damage to them on the floor on that later in the show. I am. Washington d c our friends are watching. Sear the journalist who broke the story of the reach of nsa surveillance returns to us today for the First Time Since they began reporting on documents leaked by former contractor adverts noted Glenn Greenwald and mark waitress arrives in new york this morning to receive the prestigious george polk award for journalism. They said the National Security reporting award with fellow reporters. Elaine in a cask ale and Washington Post partum down. It is an ss teacher and mentor greenwald at the event and joins us now with more. This aussies spoke with the pre op this morning the First Time Since he stepped foot onto us soil after the nsa revelations whats the significance of this return. There were concerns he may have trouble getting back into the us thats right when yemeni significance of this guy is pretty cute because the june will mark exactly one year sinc
Good monday morning, everybody. Great to have you back on set. Thank you. I brought you something. You did . I did. Some chocolates. Swits chocolates, fantastic. Thats what youre supposed to do. Right . It is. So are you going to eat any this morning . So how would you sum up what is going on . Overoptimism, i thought. Well talk about that today. But there was sort of an ar three or four years of complete dourness, a real sense that the world was ready to take off in a great way. And youre right, you are seeing this play out in the markets right now. Weve been watching that. In fact, that is our top story this morning. Recent games are irrational you just said were ahead of ourselves or something . No. Its still remarkably optimistic there. Youre with these bratty billionaires that throw all this money around. Thats why it felt no, no, they were optimistic in ways they havent been. You said one guy spent 1. 35 million getting ready for the party and he flew john legend in who watches o
Protest by fastfood worker, they want 15 an hour, but these thing Margin Companies will be forced to lay off workers and drive up the unemployment rate. By the way, that is all especially true with obama care calls coming in, too. All those stories and many more on the kudlow report beginning right now. Good even, everyone. This is the kudlow report. U. N. Inspectors conducted their third day of investigations into last weeks alleged chemical weapons attack, this as International Support for the military strikes against the Syrian Regime appears to be waning. Nbcs ayman missou mo hell m joins us. Reporter in the last 24 to 36 hours thats a spike given over the last several weeks theyve been seeing that reflects a growing anxiety among syrians of what many people are saying is an impending military strike against the Syrian Government. However, there are growing concerns today beyond a humanitarian crisis. There are also concerns that this conflict could spread beyond syrias borders to